Privacy Policy Notice for PERI Applications
PERI LLC (hereinafter “PERI”, “We” or “Us”) is committed to respecting your privacy. To ensure transparency, we have developed this Privacy Policy Notice (hereinafter "this Notice") to clearly communicate how we collect, use, disclose, protect, store, transmit, cookies policy, marketing and retention of your personal data in accordance with UAE Personal Data Protection Law No.45 of 2021(the PDPL). We encourage you to take a moment to carefully read through this Notice. Should you have any inquiries or concerns, please feel free to contact us.
This Notice applies to your use of all functions and features provided by PERI’s digital solutions, including software, apps, mobile apps tools, website and portals (hereinafter “Applications”). Detailed information to those Applications can be found in the Appendix 2 of the Terms of Use.
1 Responsible PERI Entity and Data Controller
PERI LLC is the data controller responsible for the processing of your data outlined in this Notice. Our contact details are as follows:
PERI LLC
24th Floor Palace Tower, Silicon Oasis, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
P.O. Box 27933, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Email: AE.data.privacy@peri.ae
Website: www.peri.ae
2 Consent
By registering, accessing or using or registering for our services through our applications, you agree and confirm that you accept the requirements, policies and practices provided in this Notice and you strictly acknowledge and adhere to practices, requirements, and/or policies outlined in this Notice which may from time to time be amended. In addition, by accessing or using or registering, you expressly consent to our collection, storage, use, disclosure and retention of your personal information as described in this Notice.
However, consent is not required in the following cases:
· the processing is necessary to protect the public interest or the interest of the data subject.
· if the personal data has become available and known to the public by an act of the data subject.
· if the processing is necessary for the purpose of occupational or preventive medicine.
· the processing is necessary to fulfil obligations and exercise legal rights in the field of employment or social security.
· the processing is necessary to perform a contract to which the data subject is a party; and
· the processing is required by law and imposed on the controller.
3 Collection
We collect Personal Data through various methods, both directly and indirectly:
Direct Collection – Personal Data is collected when you provide your business card, complete online forms for services such as subscribe to newsletters, register for webinars, submit feedback, make purchases on our website, participate in surveys, or attend our events. It is also collected through professional engagements, including business relationships, contractual services, or job applications.
Indirect Collection – We may obtain Personal Data from recruitment services, third-party providers, or business clients as part of professional service engagements.
Public Sources & social media – Information may be sourced from public registers, sanctions lists, internet searches, or social media platforms like LinkedIn or Google when you log in via these services. You can manage shared information through your social media privacy settings.
Third Parties – Personal Data may be shared by clients during engagements or obtained from recruitment agencies, former employers, or job platforms.
Automatic Collection – We use cookies and tracking technologies to analyze user interactions on our websites.
4 Types of Data Collected and Processed
The personal data collected and processed will depend on the context of your interactions with us and the Applications you use. The personal data we collect, and process includes the following:
· Account Information: name, title, business phone number, business email address, company address, login data, profile and other account labels, settings or identifiers.
· Company Information: company name, VAT number, address, telephone number, business email address, customer identifier and project information (such as, reports, contracts, invoices, damage pictures).
· Marketing Materials: name, business contact, image, video or other types of personal data displayed in marketing materials or assets.
· IT Data: browser type, version, operating system, internet service provider, IP address, timestamp and other types of technical metadata.
We may obtain data about you from publicly and commercially available sources as permitted by law or collect data about you through third-party services as well without any confidentiality obligations. This may include:
· Account information provided by your company’s admin user when creating a sub-account for you.
· Synchronization of existing company or project information from CRM or similar systems.
· Marketing materials that you have previously authorized PERI to use for advertising purposes.
5 Purposes and Usage of the Data Processing
Our primary purpose in collecting personal data is to provide you with a safe, smooth, efficient, and customized experience and the services you request in Applications according to the Terms of Use and as our mutual legitimate commercial interests, We process the following personal data for the related purposes. Unless otherwise stated in this Notice, if you object to or restrict the collection and processing of your personal data for these services, you may no longer be able to use the relevant service(s) or parts thereof.
· We process your account and company information to register user accounts and to grant access to the Applications, including its functions and features, for you and your colleagues.
· We process your account and company information to help you manage your projects with PERI through the Applications. This includes, but is not limited to, checking your project status, tracking materials, processing your orders, accessing project documents, receiving updates and learning more about PERI products and services.
· We process your account and company information, using pseudonymized or anonymized forms wherever possible, to improve our service quality for you and your company. This includes aligning project status with our colleagues supporting your projects and for internal reporting purposes.
· We process your IT data and store it in log files to ensure the functionality of the Applications you use and to facilitate the communication of information between backend servers and the Applications.
· We may post marketing materials that could contain personal data but do not target specific individuals, such as photos from construction sites or videos filmed at PERI events, within the Applications for our users.
On the basis of your consent, we process the following personal data for the associated purposes. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. The lawfulness of data processing prior to your withdrawal remains unchanged.
· We may post marketing materials that could contain personal data within the Applications for our users. This usage is authorized through your signed consent declaration form or similar authorization document. You can revoke your consent or authorization at any time by contacting the marketing manager you worked with.
· We will send you direct marketing communications via in-App notifications and/or email, depending on your selection. You can withdraw your consent at any time by turning off this function in your account settings.
In addition, we may process your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with legal obligations, including tax and accounting requirements, and to assert or defend our legal rights and / or to prevent, detect and pursue potential fraud or cyber-attacks.
6 Cookies and Similar Technologies
In our online service, We use 'cookies'—a term that encompasses not only traditional small text files stored on your device but also other similar technologies, including pixel technology and log file analysis. These cookies and technologies collectively facilitate various functionalities, tracking capabilities and enhance your browsing experience during your visit to our site.
We categorize our cookies based on their necessity: essential cookies are critical for the technical operation of our service, while functional and marketing cookies are not. You can manage your consent for these non-essential cookies at any time through our cookie banner or cookie settings.
If you wish to deactivate all cookies, this can be done through your browser settings. However, be aware that doing so may impact the website's functionality. Deactivating cookies may restrict the capabilities of our online service since essential cookies are crucial for its technical operation.
6.1 Essential cookies
By 'essential cookies', we refer to cookies that are essential for the technical functioning of an online service. These cookies enable websites to remember your preferences, such as language, font size on your computer or mobile device, and other browser settings. As a result, you do not need to reconfigure your preferences every time you visit the site. Conversely, without these cookies, websites would treat you as a new visitor each time you load a page. We process the personal data obtained through the essential cookies exclusively for the purpose of providing you with a fully functional online service based on our legitimate interests. Detailed information about each essential cookies can be found in the cookie settings (accessible via the cookie hyperlink at the bottom of the web portal or in the system settings of the Applications).
6.2 Functional cookies
By 'functional cookies', we refer to cookies that are used to enhance the user experience and perform statistical analysis on an online service. These cookies are instrumental in integrating external services for location-based features, video/stream services, enriching the user interface and overall site functionality. They remember your preferences such as username, language, or region, providing enhanced and more personal features. These cookies can also be used for services you have requested, like route planning or location-specific recommendations. The data collected through functional cookies may be anonymized, ensuring your browsing activity on other websites is not tracked. While these cookies are not essential for the basic functionality of the website, they play a crucial role in enriching your online experience. We process the personal data obtained through functional cookies based on user consent, aiming to provide a more personalized and improved online service. Detailed information about each essential cookies can be found in the cookie settings (accessible via the cookie hyperlink at the bottom of the web portal or in the system settings of the Applications).
6.3 Marketing cookies
By 'marketing cookies', we refer to cookies that are specifically used for marketing purposes and to tailor advertising to individual users on an online service. These cookies track and analyze user behavior across various websites to deliver targeted advertising based on user interests. They enable the collection of information about your browsing habits, helping advertisers to understand your preferences and present you with ads that are more relevant to you. Marketing cookies may also be used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. While these cookies are not crucial for the functioning of the website, they play a significant role in providing customized marketing content that aligns with user interests. We process the personal data obtained through marketing cookies based on user consent, aiming to enhance the relevance and effectiveness of the advertisements presented to you. Detailed information about each essential cookies can be found in the cookie settings (accessible via the cookie hyperlink at the bottom of the web portal or in the system settings of the Applications).
7 Social Plugins and Social Media
At PERI, We enhance our service with the integration of social plugins, such as social media icons and “like” buttons, from various social networks. These plugins are specifically designed to foster user interaction and engagement, ensuring smooth integration with popular social platforms. It's important to note that these plugins remain inactive by default and only become operational when you explicitly choose to activate them, giving you full control over the sharing of your data.
We strongly encourage you to first familiarize yourself with how these platforms use your data before activating the social plugins. This proactive approach ensures that you are well-informed about the data handling practices of the social networks. Upon activation, the plugins enable the transmission of data, which may include details of your site visit, browser information, and other relevant metadata. Please be aware that PERI does not have control over the operational mechanisms of these social plugins, the data collection by the social plugin providers, or their subsequent processing and use of this information. For detailed insights into the data usage policies of these social plugin providers, we advise consulting their respective privacy policies, which are listed below for your reference and understanding.
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Privacy Policy of the Provider |
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https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/ |
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https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy |
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https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388 |
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https://twitter.com/en/privacy |
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https://privacy.xing.com/en/privacy-policy |
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YouTube |
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en |
8 Data Sharing and Transfers
· Location of data storage: Your personal data will be securely stored in EU. We ensure that adequate protection measures are in place, in accordance with applicable data protection laws, to safeguard your personal information.
· Disclosure to service providers: We work with internal and service providers, including project management, IT supports, customer service agencies, our affiliates and subsidiaries, warehousing service providers, marketing agencies and repair companies, to provide you with the best and trouble-free services. Other third parties to whom you explicitly ask us to send your information (or about whom you are otherwise explicitly notified and consent to when using Application for service).
· They only have access to your personal data to the extent that this is necessary to fulfill their contractual obligations to us. Our service providers have been carefully selected and commissioned by us and are contractually bound. They will not process your personal data for any other purposes.
· Legal or regulatory disclosures: PERI may disclose your personal data to comply with the requirements of applicable laws and regulations, to respond to requests from regulatory authorities, courts or dispute resolution bodies, government agencies, or our advisors, auditors or to assert or defend our legal rights.
· Cross-border transfer: Your personal data may be transferred to jurisdictions outside the territory where we conduct business operations, locations connected to your engagement with us or regions from which you regularly send or receive information, territories where our third parties or service providers operate or defined by local data protection laws as constituting a 'cross-border' transfer. Such transfers will only occur when necessary or legally mandated, when you have provided explicit consent, or as part of a data processing/sharing agreement. We have implemented appropriate safeguards for these transfers, which may include the execution of data processing/sharing agreements based on the standard contractual clauses or equivalent measures recognized or mandated by the respective jurisdiction, to ensure an adequate level of data protection
9 Marketing:
· We may use your personal information to send you marketing communications, communicate with you about our services and let you know about our policies and terms.
· We also use your personal information to respond to you when you contact us.
· We don't sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent.
· We may combine your information with information we collect from other companies and use it to improve and personalize our services, content and advertising.
10 Third Parties
Any partners we work with have been selected in accordance with our security policies and practices and are bound by confidentiality obligations. They may be subject to discipline, including termination and criminal prosecution, if they fail to meet these obligations. Except as otherwise expressly included in this Notice, this document addresses only the use and disclosure of information we collect from you. If you disclose your information to others, whether they are bidders, buyers or sellers on our sites or other sites throughout the internet, different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of the information you disclose to them. PERI does not control the privacy policies of third parties, and you are subject to the privacy policies of those third parties where applicable.
11 Data Security
Our employees and the companies providing services on our behalf, are obliged to confidentiality and to compliance with the applicable data protection laws. We take all necessary technical and organizational measures to ensure an appropriate level of security and to protect your data that are administrated by us especially from the risks of unintended or unlawful destruction, manipulation, loss, change, or unauthorized disclosure or unauthorized access. Our security measures are, pursuant to technological progress, constantly being improved.
Further, we implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to safeguard personal data, including encryption and pseudonymization where necessary. Our approach includes regular education and training for relevant staff to ensure awareness of privacy obligations, as well as administrative and technical controls to restrict access on a need-to-know basis. Access controls are enforced to limit data handling to authorized personnel only, and regular audits are conducted to assess compliance and address vulnerabilities. Additionally, we ensure that data transfers occur only to countries with adequate data protection standards or implement safeguards such as contractual clauses or obtaining specific consent from data subjects.
12 Data Retention and Disposal
We will not retain your personal data for longer than is necessary to provide our goods and services, fulfill the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy Notice, and comply with legal obligations or the timeframe during which litigation or investigations related to our services may arise. This includes adhering to the following specific retention periods, which are regularly reviewed to ensure ongoing compliance and relevance:
· Your account information and company information will be automatically removed from the Applications no later than 13 months after your last login or 1 month after you proactively delete your account.
· Marketing materials will be retained until the post is actively removed, the expiration date of your consent/authorization or until you withdraw your consent/authorization, whichever comes first.
· Your IT data shall only be kept during the session when you use the Applications, or for no longer than 7 days. If the data is stored in log files for a longer period, your IT data will be anonymized in advance.
Once the applicable retention period expires, we will securely delete or anonymize your personal data in compliance with our internal data retention policy which are aligned with applicable legal requirements.
13 Data Subject Rights
Should you wish to exercise your data subject rights, you can always contact us using the contact information provided in Section 1 of this Notice.
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Your rights |
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Right to access |
You can request confirmation as to whether or which personal data concerning you is being processed and, if applicable, obtain a copy of the personal data processed about you. |
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Right to data portability |
You can request personal data that you have provided to us in a machine-readable format under certain conditions permitted by laws. |
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Right to erasure (‚Right to be forgotten‘) |
You can have your data deleted under certain conditions permitted by laws or when you withdraw consent for processing or if the data is no longer needed for its original purpose. However, We may retain personal data where required to comply with legal obligations, defend legal claims, or for other lawful purposes. |
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Right to rectification |
You can have your inaccurate data corrected and incomplete data completed. We may need to verify the accuracy of any updated information you provide. |
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Withdrawal of consent |
You can revoke a given consent to the processing of your personal data at any time. The scenarios involved and the relevant methods for revoking your consent can be found in Section 5. |
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Right of objection |
You can object to the processing of your data for certain purposes, such as direct marketing. |
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Right to restrict processing |
You can ask us to restrict the processing of your personal data under certain conditions permitted by laws or when you contest the accuracy of your data or if you prefer to limit processing instead of requesting erasure or when you need the data to establish, exercise, or defend a legal claim |
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Automated decision-making (including profiling) |
You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. Please note that our current practices do not involve making such automated decisions, but should this change, you will retain this right and be duly informed of any such processing. |
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Right to lodge a complaint |
You have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority or the authority where PERI is based. |
14 Changes to this Notice
We reserve the right to update this Privacy Notice as necessary to align with operational, technical and legal changes. Should there be any material modifications that substantially impact the processing of your personal data, we will keep you informed through individual notification or by posting an updated notice on this website.
Last Update: 24.03.2025